Lenovo ThinkServer RD640 - Installing Drivers for a Red hat Enterprise Linux as 6.4 Operating System

f.T ypetheamountofspace(inMB)ontheNewPartitionsSizewindowandthenclickOK.
•Manuallycreateaswappartition
Tocreateaswappartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowisdisplayed.
b.SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
c.OntheAddPartitionwindow,selectswapfromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
d.OntheAllowableDriverswindow,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstallthe
operatingsystem.
e.Typetheamountofspace(inMB)ontheNewPartitionsSizewindowandthenclickOK.
14.OntheFormatWarningswindow,clickFormattoformattheharddiskdrive.
15.OntheWritingstoragecongurationtodiskwindow,clickWritechangestodisk.
16.OntheBootloaderoperatingsystemlistwindow,clickNext.
17.Thedefaultinstallationisabasicserverinstallation.Y oucancustomizeyourserverbyselectinga
differentsetofsoftwarefromthesoftwarelistoraddingadditionalrepositoriesthatyouwanttouse
forthesoftwareinstallation.SelectCustomizenoworCustomizelater.Then,clickNext.The
installationprocessbegins.
Note:IfyouselectCustomizenow,youcanselectsoftwareinstallationpackagesofyourchoiceby
clickingOptionalpackagesonthewindowdisplayed.Then,clickNext.
18.Aftertheinstallationcompletes,clickReboottorestartyourserver.
19.Theinstallationcontinuesaftertheserverrestarts.OntheWelcomewindow,clickForward.
20.ClickYes,IagreetotheLicenseAgreementandthenclickForward.
21.OntheSetUpSoftwareUpdateswindow,congurethesettingsasyouneed,andthenclickForward.
22.OntheFinishUpdatesSetupwindow,clickForward.
23.SetyourusernameandpasswordontheCreateUserwindowandthenclickForward.
24.SetyourtimeanddateintheDateandTimewindowandthenclickForward.
25.OntheKdumpwindow,selectEnablekdumpasyouneed,andthenclickFinishtocompletethe
installation.
Note:Whenpromptedtorestarttheserver,clickYes.
26.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentologintotheoperatingsystem.
InstallingdriversforaRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS6.4operatingsystem
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheHBAcarddriverforaRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS6.4
(x64orx86)operatingsystem.
Note:ThedriversfortheEthernetcard,onboardgraphicscard,andCNAcardareinstalledduringthe
operatingsysteminstallation.
ToinstallthedriverforanHBAcard,dothefollowing:
1.CopytheHBAcarddriverfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoyourlocaldrive.Double-clickthe
EXEletounzipittoafolder.CopythefoldertoyourUSBstoragedeviceandconnecttheUSB
storagedevicetoyourserver.
2.LogintotheoperatingsystemandcopythefolderfromyourUSBstoragedevicetothe/tmpdirectory
onyourserver.
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